Changes to NHS Jobs pre-employment check process – NHS Employers
Find out about recent changes to the pre-employment check process on NHS Jobs

Aligning public services: strategies for local integration – Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Second in a series of briefings focusing on a key public finance and policy issue.  This edition explores the strategies needed to align and integrate local public services across traditional organisation boundaries.  It features an article by Chris Ham which argues that health payment systems are not fit for the purpose of providing integrated, patient-centred care.

The New Health And Social Care Economy – European Services Strategy Unit 
This report examines the new health and social care economy in the north-west of England, spanning Sefton, Liverpool and Greater Manchester. It makes recommendations for the reconfiguration of the organisation and funding of health and social care in this region.

Darzi – The NHS’s approach to patient harm is simplistic and myopic – Health Service Journal
To reduce patient harm we need to make changes across cultural, technological and procedural boundaries, argues Lord Darzi.

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NICE to publish A&E staffing guidance not wanted by NHS England – Health Service Journal
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will publish recommended nurse staffing levels for accident and emergency departments despite being asked by NHS England to drop the work.

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Fresh review links SSRIs with increased birth defect risk – Nursing Times
Some selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors taken during early pregnancy may be associated with an increased risk of birth defects, according to researchers in North America.

CSP’s falls tool helps secure £400,000 grant – Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
The CSP’s falls prevention economic model was ‘invaluable’ in securing a £400,000 grant for an exercise programme run by Southwark and Lambeth Integrated Care.

Evidence shows need for better spinal injury care, says CSP’s Sue Browning – Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
There is growing evidence to show that the current pressures on health and social care systems are having a major impact on people with spinal cord injury (SCI), said the CSP’s out-going deputy chief executive Sue Browning.